From spring wheat to dry beans, Manitoba farmers self-reported lower yields
More tools may be available for sunflower growers, but a smaller crop makes bringing in new products more difficult
Farmers should be watching for two disease and insect pests
Sunflowers pose challenges during harvest as drier conditions lead to increased shatter and seed loss
Drier temperatures can help once sunflower seeds are in the bin, but are a challenge when they’re still in the fields. “It’s getting to be more of an issue every year,” Bud Pittenger told producers during the annual Special Crops Symposium in Winnipeg. “The sunflowers are drying down so much faster nowadays … there isNational Sunflower Association of Canada looking at possible introduction of bird-repellent products used south of the border
It was a great summer to be a sunflower. “Yields are coming really good this year,” said Denis Touzin of Keystone Grain. “They like heat, and we had the heat.” With an unusually dry fall making a pre-Thanksgiving harvest possible for the first time in years, early reports are pegging yields at 2,500 to 3,200
